On October 1st, the Golden Horse Awards Committee announced its nominees list for the 54th festival. The Hidden Sword, co-presented by Poly Film and directed by Mr. XU Haofeng is nominated as the Best Adapted Screenplay, the Best Action Choreography and the Best Original Film Score. And Mr. ZHANG Aoyue is nominated as the Best New Performer.

The Hidden Sword is rearranged from Mr. XU Haofeng’s novel of the same name, and is also adapted and directed by Mr. XU Haofeng. The starring includes XU Qing, a Best Actress winner of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards and CHUN Xia, a Best Actress winner of Hong Kong Film Awards. HUANG Jue, GENG Le, CHEN Guantai, LI Guangjie and LI Bo also join in this film.

The Hidden Sword was awarded the Best Artistic Contribution in the 41st Montreal World Film Festival. The film is permitted to be released by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and expected to shown in China by the end of this year.